I really never refer back to comments in my previous posts, but I have to this time. Thank YOU! Thank you for advice, for taking the time to not only comment but to give encouragement. Thank you for believing me and in US! Us CRAZY COTTERS! 
Now onto today. Yes, Marvelous today! Monday! Thank you Katie for making me smile, as always.
We spend a good 75% of weekends working. James is usually training, training others, coaching, etc. (Side note: He had a good weekend of training, and pain free. Hooray!) I spend most of the time in the kitchen with Healthy Bites, filling orders for Monday shipment, as well as maybe teaching classes and/or other random work. When we’re done with that, we scramble to get outside with the pup for some “family” time. Yes, we chose to be self employed so obviously we gotta make the most of it. Ya know?
But today is different, well for me at least. It’s the start of a slow and savor week. You see, I am taking the next 5 days off from really working. I finished my pre-thanksgiving orders. I have one other class to teach at the gym and that’s it.
No I will not get paid, but I will get a little extra rest which helps me in the long run. I will focus on being a domesticator and you know what? I love it. Time to be thankful for what you have at this moment. And since we’re talking about being a domesticator (aka housewife), let’s talk food.
Confession, I tried to be all fancy and make these grain free coconut pancakes this morning. Well, they crumbled. Still tasty, but they crumbled. So instead of worrying about perfecting the recipe, I decided to bust out an old recipe with the ingredients I had left. Plus I still needed to transfer this recipe over from my old blog, so perfect excuse. These bad boys are perfectly suitable for breakfast as well. Just add coffee and/or milk.
Sugar and Spice Arrowroot Cookies
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GF Sugar and Spice Arrowroot Cookies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup applesauce
- ¼ cup raw sugar (you can use brown sugar too)
- stevia –1 teaspoon (add 2 if you want them extra sweet)
- banana
- 1 egg (or flax egg is vegan)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup ARROWROOT flour
- 1 cup all purpose GF flour (or flour of choice)
- 3 tbsp coconut flour- I also used a lot on my hands and on parchment paper to roll the dough into balls then press with fork.
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- cinnamon and ground cloves (about ½ teaspoon of each)
- powdered sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Mix applesauce, sugar, and banana together in bowl. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Stir remaining ingredients together and add. Mix well or use beater on low. Add a little more applesauce if it get to be too dry.
- Flour your counter and transfer dough. Make sure to cover your hands in flour as well in order to keep it from getting to gooey.
- Roll into 1-2 inch balls. Place them on a greased baking sheet and press down with fork.
- Bake in 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven until golden, about 8 to 10 minutes. Allow a bit more baking time if rolled thicker.
- Once out of the oven and cooled. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon. This of course is optional but it’s WORTH IT!
See, perfectly marvelous for breakfast. Enjoy this week and then let it carry over to the next, and so on and so on.
What’s the last kitchen fail you had? Please tell me you had cookies for a back up! I know this girl does.
Cheers,
LC
silent reader who loves reading 🙂 hello.
my biggest kitchen disaster of recent times was forgetting the plastics I kept in my oven (as storage) when I turned it on to preheat. They melted, stank out my apartment, smoked so badly that the fire alarms couldn’t be made to shut up and the fire brigade had to attend. I was sooo embarrassed and I had no way of cooking my chicken that night.
oh my gosh, i’ve done the plastic thing before too. WHOOPS! hehe. And so glad you commented Fiona. Hello! <3
Enjoy your break! You totally deserve it and definitely will make you more productive in the long run!!
Rest and enjoy your week, you deserve it!
I have the week off too and it is fabulous.
Sometimes we just need that time away from our normal schedule to really focus on us.
YAY for taking some much needed and well earned REST! You deserve it and enjoy every minute of it. Cannot wait to hear what you do with your time and how you feel afterwards. 😉 Have a wonderful Tuesday! xoxo
wish you were here to enjoy it with me. xxoo
I love that you’re taking the rest of the week off to be a domesticator ;). I’m in the process of moving and determined to use up as much of the food items I have beforehand so they don’t end up going to waste. Trying to put together random ingredients just to use them up has made for a lot of kitchen fails lately. lol. But, it’s also led to a few creative, out-of-the box successes. 🙂 I hope you have a very happy and restful Thanksgiving!
sometimes those are the most fun. Enjoy and hope you get some rest from the move!
yay for some rest time, you deserve it our dear friend!!!
we are having some family down time as well, Michelle with the family and Lori with Gary’s family. hard to separate during the holidays but has to be done 😉
we love arrowroot, so these cookies sound perfect!!!
i hear ya. Hope you all get to be together for christmas though. xxoo
Sounds like you had a fabulous weekend! Pain-free is always good : )
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with lots of relaxing had for all!!
I will be making those delightful looking cookies, thanks for the recipe!
Nicole
oh you too friend. You deserve it! And let me know if you make these!
I love this post. being elf-employed, I can totally appreciate designating R&R time. I needed to read this today! Thank You.
Last kitchen fail was definitely the butternut squash soup I tried to recreate a few weekends ago. I forgot to remove the cinnamon stick before I put the immersion blender in. oops.
Happy Domesticating!
bahaha, so super duper cinnamony?? Thats ok, good for you, right?
Love you! Thank YOU for joining in for MIMM! If it wasn’t for great friends like you that join in, MIMM would be nothing!
My last kitchen fail, seriously been so long! I have not baked anything in forever, pretty sad! I think I might make some pumpkin protein cookie balls today though 😉
Love ya!
ohh yes, protein cookie balls. That deserves a good wife award!
Really glad to see that you’re taking some time off! Enjoy the holiday week:)
think i could get the whole month off? 😉
I think that’s wonderful that you decided to take time off from work and just enjoy these next couple days. You deserve it girl 🙂
we all do, yes? Glad you got a day with you man. hehe
Those cookies sound delish! I didn’t know that arrowroot culd be used as a flour…how cool!
yes, let me know if you try them! Kids will like them too!
Yeah I have kitchen fails most days! Good thing is that most things (even failed baking) tastes good coasted in almond butter 😉
and that’s exactly what i did! smothered it with maple syrup and almond butter.
I need to make these cookies. Anything with coconut flour and I’m in:) Hope you enjoy your awesome rest time! You deserve it for all the hard work recently! Hm, arrowroot flour! Looks like I need to pick some up!
i always think of you and your coconut flour creations. Hope you make them!
Yahoo for rest days!!!!!!!!!!!! Kitchen fail – way too many here! 🙂 Those cookies look delish! I was hoping to order some of your bites before I got so sick & now I think I will wait till December just due to some craziness around here. I can’t wait to try!
Cookies – my love!
oh feel better first friend. Healthy bites will be here for you whenever. Sending you some extra prayer this week!
I hope you have a fantastic rest time! We all need that. I’m getting mine starting Wednesday! 🙂
These cookies look amazing. I think I can have everything in there except the coconut! Could I sub something else ya think?
sure thing! try almond meal or buckwheat flour!
I just pinned you. Hehe.
I have a potluck lunch tomorrow and I always miss out on the desserts at those things. If I can get up early enough, I’m making these to bring!
Oh, and I have fails ALL THE TIME. I just had one last week when I was attempting peanut butter cookies with a new flour. They came out way too cakey and crumbly, so I crumbled them in a bowl and mixed them with more peanut butter. Then I rolled them into bite-sized balls and I froze them. They are the perfect pop in your mouth cookie bites. I wish I’d have covered them in chocolate too. 😉
thats brilliant! i kind of do the same. grind it up and roll into something or use the crumbs for a topping. But i like your balls. I mean I like your bites. hehe
Enjoy your week as a diva domesticator! I think it’s totally healthy [and we all should] take a break from everything once in a while, to stop and reflect and appreciate the time we have…
Oh and p.s. when HB’s shop reopens I need to reorder- Ryan has gotten a little “bittier” the past 2 days and stole my stash 😛
amen! and yes, mr. LAB needs to get his own bites. teehee
I always LOVE your perspective, absolutely adore it — I hope you have a wonderful, beautiful and loving few days with the family, enjoying the little moments along the way and practicing total gratitude. That’s what I plan to do as well 🙂
now, if only we were neighbors. sigh…
Yummm!!! Those look SO good! I actually just started having AJ help me bake…he seemed to get the concept and was helpful so I’m anxious to start making some things (other than chocolate chip cookies or cupcakes).
Glad you guys had a great weekend and SUPER happy that you are taking some time off for yourself. That’s so important, my friend. xoxo
wish i could come bake with you both. That would be a fun mess! LOL!
I don’t bake enough to remember my last fail! For me, it’s when I mess up at work… Which I do regularly. I believe froyo heals all wounds!
oh i am sure you don’t fail, just falter.
I made the worst cookies once! I used all whole wheat flour and they tasted like cardboard 🙁
eek, ya, nice try though, right?
Good!! You need the time off 🙂 relax and enjoy some family time!
so excited to hear that training is going well for James. I’m back riding the injury train and so I’ve fallen off the training bandwagon…not ideal and frustrating. I’m just praying it’s not a fracture. I ate some cookies today but they weren’t homemade! I loved that recipe—I used them as a snack for rides last time I made them!!
oh no, youre injured? I think austin has healing powers. just sayin
yeah..haven’ been able to run since I raced two weeks ago 🙁 been 3 weeks now of pain/swelling in ankle, no idea how I did it either. Not sure what next step is, rule out stress fracture I guess. Frustrated.
Austin…don’t worry I’ve got my eye on some races there for 2013. Hopefully they don’t fill up before I can afford them! haha
no stress fracture. Can’t be! Stay positive! hugs.
I know, right? but every day that passes it becomes less likely of deep tissue and more likely stressie. :S physio tonight & reassess.
Yay for James’ good training weekend! And good for you for taking the week off. No need to get stressed trying to fit everything in the week of a holiday.
The last kitchen fail I had was on our anniversary! I tried to make a vegan pasta dish but was too impatient and ruined it! It was pretty funny. Cookies definitely didn’t come out of that fail!
haha, been there. But with quinoa pasta.
Glad to hear that the hubs had pain-free training, and gladder (is that even a word? :shock:) still to hear that you’re taking some time to rest. You deserve it, friend, so grab a few cookies and relax.
I tried making coconut pancakes on a few occasions and I’ve all but given up. No matter what I do, I can’t get them to stick together or cook properly. Bah!
gladder is totally a word. I gladder now, thank YOU!
Those cookies are the perfect alternative to failed pancakes! I’m so glad you’ll have a laid-back week, you’ve earned it. Enjoy the down time!
oh you do too mama! Wish you were in Austin
Ok, so can I place the first after Thanksgiving Healthy Bites order? I don’t need any as of this minute, well, I mean when do I NOT need healthy bites?! But my supply is ok for now…but I know after the holiday I will for sure need more- we are traveling…so I need traveling food & healthy bites it is 😀
ENJOY every second of your time off friend! <3
you can order anytime my friend. I’ll just be shipping after thanksgiving. Love you! how’s mommyhood?
I’m so glad you’re taking some time for yourself! Enjoy it my friend. Oh and disasters happen all the time around here! There are always cookies for backup too! 😉 Although, tasty disasters are the best kind! Ugly food is my favorite!
me too! i still ate the crumbled pancakes with syrup and yogurt. hehe. Get some rest yourself friend. hugs.
I’m with you on resting! I’m taking all of next week off after these 6 days I’ll be on the road. I miss home already!
Arrowroot cookies…I saw my Dad had some in his office the other day. Who said arrowroot are just for kids 😉
oh yea!!! ReBOOT those BAtteries!!! Love it!
hmm I’ve never cooked with arrowroot before! my last kitchen fail WAS cookies… but I still managed to snack on some of the failed recipe, haha. hope you enjoy your time off 🙂
confession, i’ll eat anything. so fails cookies are just oatmeal topping yes?
You deserve to take a break. I think we all need breaks to just re-set and enjoy.
YAY FOR YOU AND DOMESTICATING.
I know our blogs are mere slices of life—but I love your marriage dynamic.
thank you fellow domesticator!
So glad you had a great, but busy, but PRODUCTIVE weekend!! And I love that you are giving yourself off 5 days, you need it, and you deserve it! I am so glad to hear James is pain-free and had good training this weekend! XO
and i’m so glad to know you. less than a month to see YOU!
YUM!! I have failed way too many times lately… I’ve lost my baking mojo so I’ve been making raw treats! I’m very reluctant to join a vegan/gluten free Christmas cookie exchange because of it… 6-7 dozen cookies?? Eeek! I also have failed miserably with pancakes. My poor husband has had to eat some not so great ones, hopefully I can find a good no-fail recipe soon!
And YAY for you taking some time to ‘domesticate’! You are so right, it will only help in the long run especially with Christmas coming up so fast! So happy to hear training is going well 🙂
you need to check out my raw patty cakes recipe. or Raw blondies. SO GOOD and EASY!
If I wasn’t in a vacation condo, I’d make these right now. I love all the flavors!
Coconut flour pancakes are always tricky. I think you just have to cook them slowly at a low temp and not mess with them. Something I’m terrible at.
like i said, austin awaits. Teach me your coconut pancake ways!
Good for you Linds! Enjoy your rest and downtime this week! We all need that from time to time. 🙂
i think it should be a monthly thing, yes?
hugs friend.